[Tkinter-discuss] Control position of Tkinter common dialogs?

[Matt Keenan]

Thanks John, that works a treat...

On 10/27/10 10:26 PM, John McMonagle wrote:
> On 27/10/10 22:27, Matt Keenan wrote:
>> Malcolm,
>>
>> Nice idea, but unfortunately don't work... tkinter appears to be smart
>> enough to ensure you cannot place a dialog outside the bounds of the
>> root display size.
>>
>> Using negative values, positions dialog initially at 0,0.
>> Using massive positive values, positions dialog bottom right of screen.
>>
>> Still looking for a nice solution :-)
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On 10/27/10 12:07 PM, python at bdurham.com wrote:
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>>> I have a similar issue, however not for common dialogs but for a custom
>>> toplevel transient dialogs. As you create your dialog it's dimensions
>>> are not known until all idletasks have completed for child widgets being
>>> added to the dialog.
>>>
>>> Disclaimer: I'm new to Tkinter development so take this untested idea
>>> with a grain of salt ...
>>>
>>> Have you tried positioning your toplevel window off screen (negative
>>> coordinates) so that it can be fully rendered (and you can capture its
>>> dimensions after all layout calculations have completed), then center
>>> your window afterwards?
>>>
>>> If you come up with a working solution, I would love to hear about it.
>>> I'll do the same from my end.
>>>
>>> Malcolm
>
>
> You need to use the winfo_reqwidth() and winfo_reqheight() methods to
> determine the windows "requested" width and height.
>
> http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/x9548-window-related-information.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> John
> .